Download Whirlpool LE3000XK User's Manual

Models
LE3000XK;
LG3001XK
DRYER
Use & Care
Guide
CYCLE CONTROL KNOB
START BUTTON
LINT SCREEN
LOADING
DOOR
Copy
Your Model
When you
a question,
need
have
and Serial Numbers
service,
or call
this informatlon
with
ready.
1 Complete
Model and Serial Numbers
(from the plate just behind the door).
2 Purchase date from sales slip (or date
installed).
Copy
this information
in these
spaces. Keep this book in the Laundry
Information
Center with your Dryer Guide,
sales slip and warranty
Here
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FOR YOUR SAFETY
If you smell gas:
1. Open windows
2. Don’t touch
electrical
switches
3. Extinguish any open
flame
4. Immediately
call
your gas supplier:
Please read this manual.
Follow the instructions to help
you get the best drying results.
Save the manual for future use.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: See the
Dryer Guide for drying tips, information about permanent
press and
knits, instructions
for drying special
items and for things not to be dried in
your dryer.
FOR YOUR SAFETY
Do not store or use
gasoline or other
flammable
vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of
this or any other
appliance.
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Contents
Before Using Your Dryer
Loading Your Dryer
Lint Screen
Using Your Dryer
Setting Drying Times
Selecting
A Drying Temperature
Tumbling to Remove Wrinkles
If You Need Service or
Assistance
1. Before Calling for Assistance
2. If You Need Assistance
3. If You Need Service
4. If You Have a Problem
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loading
Dryer
your
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For best drying results ond energy
sort dryer oods carefully
Separate
loads according
to
‘he type of fabric ant weight
For
example
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Dry heavy fabrrcs (denims, towels,
cottons)
separately
from Qght fabrics
(permanent
press, synthetics)
0 Separate
lint givers (towels, sweatshirts, etc ) from lent takers (synthetrcs.
blends, permanert
press,
l Keep
dark colori ara light colors
seporote
l Keep
colorfast
items cway from non
colorfast
fabrics
Allow room for items to tumble
freely The load WIII dry fester with fewer
wrrnkles
When drying permanent
press,
dry smaller-than-normal
loads for the
best wrinkle removal
Use a mesh bag to hold small
Items such as baby socks
Read the Dryer Guide for more
hunts on sorting and loodng
lint Screen
The lint screen IS under the IId on
tap of the dryer
C/eon the iint screen before eacr
!ocd A screen that’s blocked
by lint
COP cause
longer dryrng times.
savings,
To remove
the screen,
open
the lrd and pull the screen straight out
Roll the lint off the screen wrth your
fingers, DO NOT rinse the screen or
wash it. Wet lint IS hard to remove
When replacing
the screen,
push rt firmly Into place
Close the lid
Using
your Dryer
1.
Put the sorted load in the dryer
and close the door tightly.
2.
Turn the Cycle Control
cycle and cycle tlme.
Knob to a
l Turn the Control
Knob either way until It
pornts to the number of minutes you want
in the cycle you want
l Use the
HEAT Cycle for regular
family
loads
such as towels,
sheets,
clothes
etc The last 5 rnrnutes in this cycle are
wr+hout heat to cool down the load
l Use the AIR Cycle
to fluff or damp dry
items that must not be heated
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4.
To stop the dryer:
Open the door
l Or, turn the Cycle
of the OFF positrons
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Control
Knob to one
To change
the setting
while the
dryer is running, turn the Cycle Contro!
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Knob, either way,
ting you want.
Examples
of no-heat
items include
plastrc shower curtarns, tablecloths,
rubber backed
rugs, overshoes
and foamrubber stuffed toys or p~tlqws
Push the Start Button.
l Make
sure the dryer door IS closed and
the Cycle Control
Knob IS set to a cycle
and time
l If the dryer
door IS not closed, the dryer
will not start
l If the
dryer door IS opened
while the
dryer IS running
the dryer ~111 stop TO
restart the dryer, close the door and
push the Start Button
Setting Drying
Times Modern
dryers are desrgned
tilth dvrng
temperatures
needed
+o
safely handle
modern
fabrrcs
Cooldown times have been added
to heat
settings
You might notice slightly
longer drying trmes
The time it takes to dry a load
depends
on
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IMPORTANT: To reduce
wrinkling,
take the load from the dryer as
soon as tumbling
stops. This is very
important
for permanent
press,
knits and other synthetic
fabrics.
to the set-
NOTE: The Cycle Control Knob should
point to OFF when the dryer is not
being used.
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3.
so it points
“‘e
kmd
of fubrc
/ts weight
and
?he
s’je c,+ +?e /cod A large load of jeans
WIII take a iot longer to dry than a
small load of light synthetics
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‘?e
omoont
of 9o:sture
ir- the
Towels hold a lot of moisture.
don’t Synthetrcs
dry faster
load
synthetics
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Terrc3erobre
o+
tile
rtqse
mater
Cola
rinses help save on energy
and wrenKles, but o cold load WII’ take slightly
;onger to dry than a dorm one
l Amoclnf
or Id
oi; +be screen
A full
lint screen slows the a;r flow and ~a’
make dryng
time longer
l Room
temperature
The dryer heats
room air If the room air temperature
IS
not above 45 F [7 2 C), dryrng time WIII
be longer and removal
of wrinkles may
be poor
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Jropef
~nstaiiation
ond
3
exhaust
sys
‘ems For the fastest possible
drytng
time, lnstolllng
and exhausting
your
?,r‘i/er properly
IS important
See instal
‘ation lnstructrons
SELECTING A DRYING TEMPERATURE
The chart below
has suggested
fabrrc loads and dryng
temperatures
DRYING TEMPERATURES
TYPE OF LOAD
COTTONS
HEAW-
Bedspreads,
mattress pads, qurlts. towels, work clothes.
denims
MEDiUMAND
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- Shirts, dresses, sheets, diapers
HEAT
HEAT
PERMANENT PRESS
HEAW - Work clothes, lockets, ralncoats.
etc
HEAT
MFDiUMWEiGHT - Shirts, unrforms. dresses, slacks, etc
HEAT
KNITS
MAWMIGHTCOTTONS, RAYONS, BLENDS-T-shorts, slacks, polo
shirts, etc
HEAT
IIGHTWf/GH~-SYNTHETIC
FIBERS’(polyester, acrylrc. etc.) AND
BLENDS- Lingerre. blouses, dresses, etc
HEAT
DELICATELY CONSTRUCTED FABRICS - Sheer curtains (2 or 3 oanels)
HEAT
FOAM RUBBER ARTICLES
AIR
HEAT SENSITIVE FABRICS
Olefrn nylon etc
AIR
To damp dry Items for rrorlng, set the Cycle Control Knob for 15 to 25 mrnutes in the
HEAT Cycle.
MIXED LOADS
If you dry a load with mrxed fabrrc weights. select a trme for the lrghtest one, When the
dryer stops, take out the dry Items and restart the dryer
Tumbling
Remove
Wrinkles
to
Wher perniar lent press and syn
knits are wrinkled
from pockrng
lrI
sudcases
or crow de7 or’ ciosets, your
dryer can help put them bock into thei,
pre-set shape
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Set Cycle Contrcl Knob to HEAT for 20
minutes
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Push the Start But’or,
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For best results, ‘umble only a few
items at a time, put them on hangers
or
fold them as soon OS the dryer stops
thetlc
If You Need
Service or
Assistance, We
Suggest You Follow
These Four Steps:
1. Before
calling
for assistance...
Performance
problems
often
result from llttle thongs you can find and
fix yourself without tools of any ktnd
DRYER DOES NOT RUN
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Is electrtc
power
‘cord plugged
in’
Is the dryer door closed tightly’
Your
dryer has a switch by the door that
shuts off the dryer if the door IS
opened
. Did you peer t+-.
-8: r )
: tPl fuses ir
Check crrc,,” t=rp :?
the fuse bar
DRYER RUNS 611:[.,:
‘. <-’ t<EAJ
l Is the
Cycle Cor Tr r ~!~ et n the
HEAT Cycle’
,s ,A p.
- r 2 ‘:; at least
10 mtnutes?
:-he
.I,‘
t ‘T~lr~tes
ore
cool-down
time
0 Is it a gas a-ier
%I ‘Fe gas 1s
turned on lr ‘.,o+ +I~,” -nr~ CYcle Control Knob to 3FF -I.,- v “‘e gas
and watt five ml’ u’s~ 13’ +ne automatrc switch ic rese- -‘>er +ry starting
It again
l Is It an electrrc
il^,eV ’ ChIeck the
ctrcuit breakers
or t&es ir, the fuse
box An electric
dryer w4 hove two
fuses If one IS b 0~’
‘he dryer may
run, but not heat
DRYING TIME IS LONGER THAN USUAL
l Check
the lent screen
Remove
lent
Keep the screer’ clean for best
dn/lng results end t mes
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Modern
dryers ore designed
to dry
at the cooler temperatures
needed
by modern
fabrics
They may need
more ttme than you are used to
l Room
temperature
IS cold
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2. If you need assistance’...
Call the Whirlpool COOL-LINE p
service assistance
telephone
number. Dial free from:
Continental
U.S. (800) 253-1301
Michigan..
.
(800) 632-2243
Alaska & Hawaii
(800) 253-1121
and talk with one of our trained Consultants The Consultant
can instruct you
In how to obtain satisfactory
operatton
from your appliance
or, if service is necessary, recommend
a qualified
service
company
In your area
3.
If you need service’
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and provide
after-warranty
service.
anywhere
II the Clnrted States
To locate TECH-CARE servrce in your
area, call our COOL-LINE servrce asslstance telephone
number [see Step 2) or
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